Nicoline Tamsma

Photo of a researcher working in a laboratory at ICANS, the Strasbourg Europe Cancer Institute

What is the European Parliament's role in cancer control action plans and cancer policies?

🩺 Read the study on Europe's Beating Cancer Plan: Implementation findings: link.europa.eu/9qRVCb

@sant.europarl.europa.eu

The Rich 'Had A Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses - Health Policy Watch The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least

💰 “The rich had a very good pandemic,” says @michaelmarmot.bsky.social

While billionaires’ wealth rose, 165 million people fell into poverty. Inequality doesn’t just divide — it weakens pandemic response itself.

⚕️Inequality is a public-health risk multiplier.

@panaction.bsky.social @unaids.org

The Trump Action Tracker has an update!

Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.

www.trumpactiontracker.info?

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Now out in Party Politics 🎉

Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Parliament study praises EU Cancer Plan, but laments ‘legislative inaction’ "Delays persist in tobacco and alcohol control legislation in particular", the paper reads

Parliament study praises EU Cancer Plan, but laments ‘legislative inaction’

As well as #mentalhealth : this draft suggests the action plan against cyberbullying will be delivered in Q1

World Health Summit – pivotal in a pivotal year? What really happened at this year’s World Health Summit in Berlin? Here’s a 5-point summary.

Missed #WHS2025? A quick 5-point recap: katribertram.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/w... #globalhealth

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

This article on Healthy Cities by @evdle.bsky.social might seem like ancient history but I really like it because it's so rare to find a clear articulation of the program theory, process, and outcomes of an agenda like Healthy Cities. I wish more people would do exactly this. We'd learn a lot.

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we shine a light on mental health in humanitarian crises.

When homes are lost & families separated, recovery must include #MentalHealth care.

Let’s ensure support is part of every response—before, during & after crisis http://bit.ly/3KBMUcp

Dutch government @minbz.bsky.social to cut its contribution to multilateral #globalhealth organisations (Gavi, Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNFPA and GFF) by almost 20% as of coming year.

No, VP Vance- the reason our emergency rooms are crowded isn't due to illegal immigrants. It's due to our for-profit health care system which leaves many Americans unable to afford healthcare insurance so the emergency room is their only option.

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If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre

If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen

“As a medical doctor by training, I’m appalled by the disinformation that threatens global progress on everything from measles to polio…today I can announce that the EU will head a new Global Health Resilience Initiative”

Welcome words from President von der Leyen in today’s State of the EU address

Figure showing the evolving clinical landscape of sex and healthcare disparities in ischaemic heart disease. Created in BioRender.com.

Presented at #ESC2025, a new Series in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe proposes actionable, evidence-based strategies to promote equity in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular diseases.

Read now 👉 tinyurl.com/mdmcr4ks

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

I joined eight former CDC directors—spanning Republican and Democratic administrations—to share this warning: our nation’s health is at risk.

The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled.

Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines and Chronic Diseases in Childhood: A Nationwide Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0 Background: Aluminum is used as an adjuvant in nonlive vaccines administered in early childhood. Concerns persist about potential associations between vaccination with aluminum-adsorbed vaccines and i...

Let's say it louder for those at the back: Routine childhood vaccines do not cause autism, a major study in Denmark confirmed Wednesday, countering a myth that has been trumpeted for decades.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, ...

Trump is working on regime change in Europe
My latest for @euobserver.com

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

📣 We are excited to launch the programme & open registration for the hybrid #EHFG2025!

Join us 30 Sep–3 Oct to explore how we can heal Europe’s fractured social contract for health & well-being.

🔍 Explore sessions & stay tuned for updates 👉 www.ehfg.org

Very insightful piece on health system impact of Trump admin measures. Thanks, @scottlgreer.bsky.social and colleagues!

‘The belief that decreasing public health budgets in this way can lead to cost saving is immoral and misguided’. Urgent call from Collaborating Centre leaders in support of WHO. Good to see #RIVM colleagues among the signatories.

🎟️ Early bird registration is open for #EHFG2025 ➡️ www.ehfg.org

Join us in Gastein 30 Sept–3 Oct to explore how health can heal Europe’s fractured social contract.

⚡Register early to benefit from reduced onsite rates until 30 June, ahead of the full programme launch & online registration in July.

The role of health and health systems in shaping political engagement and rebuilding trust in democratic institutions Around the world, institutional trust is declining while democratic discontent is rising. What role do health and health systems play in this crisis? We review decades of interdisciplinary research to...

🗳️ The #health determinants of #politics:

The role of health and health systems in shaping political engagement and rebuilding #trust in democratic institutions

By @scottlgreer.bsky.social @matthiaswismar.bsky.social et al in @thelancet.com

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Proposed simplification of EU chemicals legislation masks deregulation Undermining vital legislation will harm people, the environment and the economy — not to mention citizens’ confidence in the bloc.

Proposed simplification of EU chemicals legislation masks deregulation

Parliament’s health committee sets ambitious agenda on rare diseases, women’s health, and cancer

Parliament’s health committee sets ambitious agenda on rare diseases, women’s health, and cancer

@evdle.bsky.social didn’t just ‘write a thing’, but an urgent call to action to the wider public health community: ‘leave the rhetoric and actively engage in politics’.

Protests against cuts to NIH

The US National Institutes of Health will no longer approve research grants that involve “subawards” to foreign researchers, potentially spelling an end to the type of international multicentre studies that have delivered breakthroughs in many diseases
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

inthistogether InThisTogether

It’s nearly European Mental Health Week.

While 89% of EU citizens agree that mental health is as important as physical health, stigma can make it harder to get support.

The #InThisTogether campaign aims to increase understanding & challenge misconceptions.

health.ec.europa.eu/inthistogeth...

Sadly predictable impact of Brexit, see docs.iza.org/dp17797.pdf for publication

🌡️2024 was the warmest year on record. To explore how we can take action, join our Annual Seminar 2025: Climate change & health.

We'll present the health impacts of climate change, highlight the costs of inaction, and discuss key policies.

📅 11 June 2025
🔗 Register: eurohealthnet.eu//annual-semi...